Excessive information consumption has become an awful lot like watching TV. Both disengage that part of the brain that actually has to work a little bit to com

Excessive information consumption has become an awful lot like watching TV. Both disengage that part of the brain that actually has to work a little bit to come up with new thoughts. Creativity is HARD. I find that it's especially true when I'm skimming the mainstream tech/startup sites and reading over five different posts titled "10 ways to..." or "10 things you need to know about ..." and then not remembering 2 minutes later what the heck I had read. I used to fall asleep by watching cartoons to disengage my brain and I found that it hurt my memory and awareness the next day. I found myself beginning to do that with information consumption as well and had to do a gut check... I was getting the cartoon effect by reading tons of meaningless posts until I passed out. So are you reading because you're actually seeking particular information or are you hibernating your brain while you let your eyes/mind just wander?